Suspension of employment contracts; Prohibition of dismissals; Social shield
Résumé :
[en] The Covid-19 crisis in Spain has led to the adoption of several pieces of legislation with labour law
and social security content. The main priority of this fast-changing and frequently adapted legislation has been to avoid a sharp rise in unemployment. To do so, the legislator facilitated the use of
the already existing procedures to temporarily suspend contracts (Expedientes Temporales de
Regulacion de Empleo) ´ and prohibited certain kinds of dismissals (those based on economic
circumstances and force majeure). To further develop a social shield with the ambition to protect
the most vulnerable workers and families several measures that can be classified as income support
have been adopted.
